HoosierFan1994

Realistically probably 2-3 more major contributors left. As far as minutes go, I'd bet Wilkerson, DeVries, Bailey, and Enright are 4 of your top 7-8 in minutes played. IF Goode returns that's probably 5. I assume PG and rim protecting Center are left. Maybe a player like Freeman is in this mix. I like the plan so far in building this roster. I do think he wants to have a lineup with DeVries at the 4 and Bailey at the 5 for most of the time.

I'll be honest I have yet to watch his film. But it's really impressive for NBA scouts to be interested in a D2 freshman. With the Elite 8 being in Evansville, I think Lincoln Memorial has been there a few times. Very good program.

I love it. As a kid, I thought UK-IU was a bigger rivlary than Purdue (I didn't know any better and Purdue really sucked at the end of the Keady era). Hope this kind of sparks the rivalry back. Ridiculous they haven't played in the regular season in 14 years..

I love how they say he doesn't care about winning when they haven't made a final 4 in a decade. Their banners getting dusty too.

hmmm..almost like someone with a 97% hit rate called this a week ago. I love it. Hope he's the real deal. Headed over to Rupp Rafters to see the meltdown.

Insane.

They'll be solid for sure. We will see about top 5. I like what Pope has done, but the pieces have to fit. It sure did this year for them. I'm kind of surprised the 3 freshman they had this year are getting burried down the depth chart by transfers. Those guys were huge for them this year (Chandler, Perry, Noah).

It's not my money and I have zero clue how much money IU actually has to work with. But if IU really is offering 2.8 mil for Wilkerson, man that's a lot. Don't get me wrong, he's a good player and have loved watching any bit of the tape I've seen on him. I can see him being a potential All-Conference guard which is great. Shooting has been a non factor at IU for almost 10 years now. Just seems like a lot for him. Feel that that kinda money should be reserved for a legit All-American caliber player. I could be wrong. Again, not my money lol.

Probably the #2 reason I'd love for IU to land Wilkerson is to shut up the Kentucky fan base. All I see is "if we add Wilkerson we are a final four team" as they lay out their projected starting 5...4 of which none of those fans had zero clue about and most likely have never seen play before. Every fan base does it, but it's hilarious when "X" player is the missing piece. Next November outside of Oweh they will have pretty much an entirely new team...just like us. Don't get me wrong, DeVries needs to land dudes. It's nowhere near panic time. Let's see where we are at in a week or so. That being said, regardless of who he adds all of the talk will be speculation until November. I'm just tired of winning the offseason. I'd love to get Wilkerson, mainly because this program hasn't valued shooters in almost a decade. That being said, if he goes somewhere else IU will have a team next fall. Not one player is bigger than this program. Yes, I would buy stock in Kentucky and Louisville's programs right now. Love what Kelsey and Pope have done in year one. But the fanning from the national media these last few weeks cracks me up. Kelsey has zero NCAA tournament wins. Last time I checked Kentucky doesn't hang banners for making the Sweet 16. Let them do the silly GIF's on Twitter when they get a commitment. Good for them if they're "winning the off-season". We did that last year (with proven P5 players) and look how that worked. Let DeVries do his job and back the man..If he loses to a mid major by 30 points in his debut or refuses to put in the work necessary to win, we can criticize him. Right now, he deserves the support from the fan base.

IF IU really wants Wilkerson, I think they can get him. I just don't see how UK can outbid IU. They don't have a lot of spots left. I think the Lewis de-commit is more about the PG they got from Pitt.

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I really think it's a ploy for him to get more money from us. Again, Trilly and those guys don't just put a commitment prediction out for no reason. Something substantial had to have happened. As I said earlier Mark Pope, Bruce Pearl, and Chris Beard did not all of a sudden wake up on April 8th and decide to go after Wilkerson. Why I don't believe Rabby's "they've now just jumped in line". They've been on him I'm sure for a while. Of all the guys Indiana has been on so far, I think Wilkerson is the top of the list for me.

Interesting that coach did a conference call with that many former players. I wonder how common that is at IU. I can't see the last two coaches doing that.

Wilkerson visiting this weekend. DO NOT let him leave without a commitment!

Unless a player has a great chance of going in the NBA lottery, I would stay in school until their elgibility is done.

Big 12 Player of the year JT Toppin is returning to Texas Tech. This is why I'm overall in favor of NIL, portal, etc. I think it's a great thing when an All-American player is returning. Not sure he would have been a lottery pick, but I think he was going to get drafted this year.

Here is my comment to this: Yes, Indiana basketball on a national stage has been irrelevant as far as winning goes. Nobody can argue that Last NCAA Title: 1987 Last Final 4: 2002 Last Big 10 Championship/Sweet 16: 2016 That being said, if IU isn't still a historical blueblood, then why does Goodman and the Field of 68 (I'm a huge fan of them too) crew keep talking about them? They didn't do an "emergency pod" when Minnesota hired a coach. But they did for Indiana. Why does FOX put them in primetime? Why does CBS still want a lot of their games? There's a reason for that. To me these programs are the historical bluebloods: UNC, Kentucky, Duke, Kansas are probably tier 1. UCLA, IU, UConn, Louisville are tier 2. You can probably add Michigan State and Villanova.

I've seen some get worried about other schools reaching out to Wilkerson. 1) I don't think Mark Pope, Todd Golden, and Bruce Pearl woke up on April 8th and all of a sudden just decided to go after him. I'm sure they have been pushing hard for weeks. (OT but Hunter Dickinson on the F68 podcast was saying the schools still playing aren't behind. They're doing things behind the scenes.) In fact, look at it like this: when you're going after the same players like UK, Florida, or Auburn that is a good sign. Would be a problem if Indiana was battling Cal, Stanford, etc for him. 2) Could very well be agent trying to get his guy more $$$ from IU. 3) Not that it is ever 100%, but it's a good thing when guys like Trilly or Nakos make predictions. I feel they would normally say something like "IU is in the mix" instead of a prediction if something substantial didn't happen.

Unless things go REALLY bad, I don't think you can really judge the coach after a year. 2-3 years is more likely. I wonder what Florida fans thought of Todd Golden in January of his first season.

Even though he hasn't committed yet, there's a reason Trilly put a prediction in for him. Guy has like a 99% hit rate. I wouldn't worry about it.

I bet the next domino happens soon. Guys that are highly interested in IU will want to get on board soon. Only so much playing time available as far as major minutes go. Freeman maybe?

Yep. They're going to have to play as a team. Same as last year. At least we have a coach that knows what he is doing.

ESPN: DeVries #17 Bailey #29 Wilkerson #30 Enright NR Again, I know it doesn't matter. Just like to see where they stack up.

From the looks of it, Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Duke, and Tennessee fans all wanted Wilkerson. That's a great sign.

Yes...forgot to mention Enright will have a role most certainly. Can see it being close to a 50/50 split on minutes. Doesn't really matter who starts. It's more so who they trust late in the game.